brand-name drug

Other forms: brand-name drugs

Definitions of brand-name drug
  1. noun
    a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent)
    synonyms: proprietary drug
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    antonyms:
    generic drug
    when the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees
    type of:
    drug
    a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
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